Thanks to Glenn from the Horse Radio Network and Stable Scoop equestrian podcast for allowing me to share the update he wrote on construction progress at the Kentucky Horse Park as they prepare for WEG. Be sure to listen and subscribe to the weekly Stable Scoop and 2010 WEG Radio Show podcasts! Written by Glenn [...]

After much early speculation about a match-up with defending champ Curlin and horse racing’s all-time leading money winner, Big Brown is officially out of the Breeders’ Cup Classic and retiring for good following a hoof injury during a routine workout at Aqueduct. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner has been plagued with hoof problems for [...]

Top dressage rider Luis Denizard and Courtney King-Dye (who trained under him early in her career) are offering their support for the the North American Riding For the Handicapped Horses For Heroes Program. This therapeutic riding program works with veterans who have been wounded and disabled in service to our country and protecting our freedoms. [...]

PETA seriously needs to find something more productive to do than bother Eight Belles’ poor owners and trainer. I came across this today on the PETA site: “Eight Belles’ trainer, Larry Jones, has admitted injecting the horse with Phenylbutazone–a powerful anti-inflammatory drug–just 27 hours before the Kentucky Derby, but no investigation has been undertaken to [...]

I know I’ll be holding my breath come 6:25 pm this Saturday, as will millions of people across the country, and probably the world. In just three days, will I see Big Brown race to the finish to become the first Triple Crown winner in my lifetime, more specifically in the last 30 years? His [...]

Horses are seriously just accidents waiting to happen. There’s been so much talk about the dangers of eventing to both horses and humans. Several high profile riders and horses have been killed or injured already this spring season, bringing eventing safety to national attention. Then today, Theodore O’Connor (or Teddy) who was only 14.1 hands [...]

Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown experienced a supposedly minor setback this weekend when he developed a slight quarter crack on the inside of his front left foot. It has since been treated, and his farrier and trainer are confident that he will be in shape to run in the upcoming Belmont Stakes. And he might [...]